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IGF 2021 Policy Network on Meaningful Access

Multistakeholder Working Group

[PNMA-MWG]

Call #2

15 July 2021 at 10:00 UTC

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Agenda

1-) New members, Brief recap & setting expectations;

2-) Identify priorities / topic areas;

3-) Review the methodology, workplan and timeline;

4-) Any other business.

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New members

Bertrand Moullier

Senior Advisor International Affairs

International Federation of Film Producers Associations [FIAPF]

Genaro Cruz

Director of Policy, Digital Inclusion programmes

GSMA

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Why do we need a new Policy Network?

New type of intersessional activity which aims to establish expert-led framework networks on broad Internet governance topics that create spaces for in-depth multistakeholder efforts

Grounded on the IGF's mandate from paragraph 72 of Tunis Agenda, and in the paragraph 93(e) from the Digital Cooperation Roadmap.

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Tunis Agenda, Paragraph 72, mandate the IGF to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet and to facilitate discourse between different stakeholders; to facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, strengthen and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing and future Internet governance mechanisms, particularly from developing countries, as well as

to develop capacity in Internet governance.

Digital Cooperation ROADMAP - 93(e) Better integrating programme and intersessional policy development work to support other priority areas outlined in the present report [such as: global connectivity, digital inclusion, capacity building];

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Why meaningful access?

For access to the Internet to make a meaningful contribution to improving people’s lives locally, for strengthening national economies, and more broadly to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has to be approached holistically. While access to infrastructure is critical, without this access being inclusive, useful, sustainable and affordable, and linked to human capacity development and relevant content that can make it so, it will not achieve its positive potential.

previous references IGF BPF Gender, BPF Local Content, A4AI, IEEE, UNESCO, ITU Connect 2030, UNDESA/WIPO activities

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What do we want to achieve?

The goal is to formulate impact-driven, concrete, actionable policy recommendations on how to achieve meaningful and universal Internet access aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Secretary-General's Roadmap for Digital Cooperation.

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MWG agrees on:

Priorities
Methodology

Self-governance structure (Chair/Co-Chairs)
Involvement of community

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Topics

IGF Messages

Messages from Geneva to vIGF
High Level leaders track
Parliamentary track

Previous IGF intersessional-related activities

CENB
BPFs
DCs
NRIs

Group exercise (suggestion) ➢ MWG members to submit issues they think the PNMA should focus on ➢ On the basis of submitted issues, the group could identify the areas the PNMA could cover related to the six questions identified above.

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Methodology

PNMA

Output document on the matter

Proposal for procedure:

MWG Members submit issues they think the PNMA should focus on (ideally in a shared document).

On the basis of the submitted ideas, the MWG identifies the areas the PNMA should cover related to the questions.

Content (suggestion):

What is the topic about?
What is the status quo?
What and where are the problems?
Are there local specificities?
Good practices, not-so-good practices
Ways forward: action to be taken

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How are we going to achieve it?

Output Document

Cooperation & Collaboration with other initiatives

Broad stakeholder engagement

Inform communities

Trigger actions at local levels